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Opinion - Leland Vittert's War Notes: Fighting = Winning
NewsNation Chief Washington Anchor and On Balance host Leland Vittert was a foreign correspondent for four years in Jerusalem. He gives you an early look at tonight's 9 pm ET show. Subscribe to War Notes here. Ozarks manhunt: The search for the former police chief turned convicted murderer turned prison escapee sounds like something out of a movie — except movie plots have to be believable. The former cop walked out of jail in a guard uniform Now, he's on the run in the rugged mountains of southern Missouri and northwest Arkansas What a story — it's summer, the brush is thick, and the weather's warm. We need Tommy Lee Jones, aka Deputy U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in 'The Fugitive.' Watch tonight: Survivalist Dave Canterbury joins us with why the former chief has the upper hand — and how the longer he stays out of jail, the better chance he has. Exclusive: The rest of the world forgot about East Palestine. To be fair: The rest of the world never really cared, but NewsNation did. And we are back — Rich McHugh is on the ground and tonight comes to us with new and exclusive reporting about how the victims still don't have the help they were promised. In the end, Elon Musk chose not to fight. At some point, he left the stage. Officially, he left yesterday, but he faded away from the political field of battle like the proverbial old soldier. I say 'at some point' because I can't remember exactly. It proves he was just the latest bit player in 'The Trump Show' — Trump's words, not mine. I am on a movie kick today — aside from 'The Fugitive' (see above), Rachel and I watched 'The Thomas Crown Affair' last weekend. 'Regret is usually a waste of time,' Crown told a business rival. But boy, would I love to ask Elon Musk, 'Was it worth it? Any regrets?' The world's richest man and business disruptor of our time thought he could change Washington. Washington didn't change him; it spit him out. He didn't fight; he just left. Last night, as news broke that a trade court overturned Trump's tariffs (who knew there even is a trade court?), the Washington and New York establishment rejoiced over a HUGE victory against Trump. In real time, Chris Cillizza and I told you it wouldn't matter. If Trump won an appeal on the right to unilaterally tariff, he wins. For the record, he won at the appeals court today. If Trump loses at the Supreme Court, he still wins because he can call himself a victim fighting against the swamp If Trump uses the court decision as a way out from most of his tariffs, he wins Rule No. 1 of Trump: He always wins. He sets the game up that way. Trump wins when he is fighting — remember what he said after getting shot? The swamp beat Trump in his first term; in his second term, he just won't stop fighting. To be fair: Trump learned he didn't have a choice. He realized early in 2021 he either fought or went to jail. It was and is about survival. 📖 He wrote about this in 'Art of the Comeback' nearly 30 years ago. Musk is the world's richest man. He didn't need to fight, and maybe that is his regret. But boy, it's still interesting Musk is gone but not really out. Stephen Miller's wife is going to work for Musk full-time now. Was it worth it for Musk? To be fair, he tried and then learned all the Republican promises to change Washington are just empty talk. Regrets are usually a waste of time, and Trump seems to understand that. He knows he's winning when he is fighting. Tune into 'On Balance with Leland Vittert' weeknights at 9/8 CT on NewsNation. Find your channel here. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and not necessarily of NewsNation. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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05-05-2025
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37 Times People Messed Up On Movie Sets And Accidentally Created Pure Magic
Knives Out, the ending shot — where Marta drinks from a cup that says "my house, my rules, my coffee" — was unplanned. Director Rian Johnson called it "kind of ... a happy accident." He said, "I knew I wanted her to like sip tea in the final shot, and I had had separately the idea of 'My house, my rules, my coffee,' as that first shot in the movie — after that first big dramatic shot of the house, breaking the tension with kind of a goofy modern joke mug." He then came up with bringing the mug back at the end, and as they were filming, he asked Ana to take a sip of tea – realizing that the words "my house" perfectly came into frame. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Peg was supposed to smash the glass wheel — but she accidentally did it before she was supposed to. There was only one glass wheel, and director Rian Johnson was explaining how she'd only have one chance when Jessica Henwick actually dropped it and looked into the camera in terror at what she'd done. Luckily, they were already filming, and her real panic ended up being perfect: "That's the take that's in the movie," Johnson revealed. Home Alone, Kevin was supposed to move his hands from his face before his iconic scream. However, on the first take, he kept his hands on his face, and director Chris Columbus and editor Raja Gosnell thought it was hilarious and kept it in. The Hateful Eight, Kurt Russel smashed an antique 150-year-old guitar (it was supposed to be swapped out before they actually filmed the smashing), causing Jennifer Jason Leigh to shout in shock and turn towards the camera, as she knew they hadn't swapped it yet. Her panicked reaction was real, and it was kept in the film. "It ended up being great for the scene, but very sad for the guitar, and for my guitar teacher, and for me," Leigh later said. Suggested by daynam4b6e28fa3 Ford's character in The Fugitive had a limp because Ford actually tore a ligament in his knee early into filming and refused to get it treated. The limp ended up adding to the realism and tension. Caine wasn't supposed to be speechless when his character, Alfred, first sees a video of the Joker. Caine said, "I had to do this bit where Batman and I watch a video which The Joker sends to threaten us. So I'd never seen him, and then he came on the television in the first rehearsal and I completely forgot my lines. I flipped, because it was so stunning, it was quite amazing." In the final scene, Caine doesn't speak. Craig's suave water bottle catch in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo happened completely by accident. According to the DVD commentary, on the sixteenth or so take of the below scene, he accidentally knocked over a water bottle and then "deftly" caught it "like Gene Kelly." Director David Fincher immediately knew he wanted it in the film, saying, "I don't know what we could hope for that would be better than that." Watch the moment in GIF form here. (Sorry it's so dark — why don't we light movies anymore???) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Viggo Mortensen broke two toes while kicking a helmet. His scream of anguish, followed by his fall to his knees, was real. As this cry of pain matched Aragorn's emotional pain in the scene, it ended up being perfect. Suggested by siirif91 Stiles wasn't meant to start crying as she read her character's poem in 10 Things I Hate About You. She got emotional while reading it, and the tears came naturally. "[The tears] were not intentional. On some level I knew that I was supposed to be somewhat emotional, because when we did the table read I remember I just said the poem, and I could have been reciting the phone book. But [when it came to filming], I never expected that I was going to start crying. I don't know why I did, whether it connected to something going on at the time, or if I was just overwhelmed by the whole experience of making my first big movie." It ended up being one of the most memorable moments of the film. Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio flubbed a line where he was supposed to direct Winslet's character to lie on the couch during her nude scene. He instead indicated she should go "over on the bed," then corrected himself to say "the couch." The moment made his character Jack appear flustered, which was perfect for the scene. Phoenix studied wild animals in captivity for his prison cell scene in The Master. Smashing the toilet wasn't in the script; it was just a part of him going berserk. "I didn't intend to break the thing," Phoenix said. "I didn't know that was possible." to a story Jane Russell recounted in Blonde Heat: The Sizzling Screen Career of Marilyn Monroe, she was not supposed to fall in the pool during 'Ain't There Anyone Here for Love?' in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. One of the dancers, Ed Fury, accidentally pushed her in with his foot. He was then fired because he tried to claim co-choreographer credit for the mistake. famous Midnight Cowboy scene where Ratso slams his hands down on a taxi that almost hits him and yells, "I'm walking here!" was the result of an accident. They didn't have the money to create a full set with extras, so they used a "stolen shot" — using a hidden camera on a real street. At one point the characters cross the street — they had rehearsed and timed the dialogue so they could cross when the signal was green. But in the first shot, a car ran the light and almost hit them. Staying in character, Ratso yelled, "I'm walking here!" They did reshoot the film with an extra driving a car to recreate the moment, which is likely the shot that ended up in the film, but it still resulted from an accident that ended up being genius. Suggested by amberm43081e2b1 Rocky training scene where Rocky is thrown an orange in the Italian market happened similarly — the passerby thought he was a real runner and really did throw him an orange. Sylvester Stallone caught it and went with it. to the documentary I Am Heath Ledger, the real reason Heath Ledger licked his lips so much as the Joker in The Dark Knight was to keep his makeup from coming off. It ended up becoming a signature part of his character. 1917, Schofield wasn't supposed to fall — an extra ran into him, causing him to fall over. He got back up again and kept running. Screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns said she screamed when he fell, and that it was like "watching your team mess up a field goal at the Super Bowl." When George MacKay got up, director Sam Mendes yelled to keep filming, "and out of that came a sort of movie magic, I think, personally," Wilson-Cairns said. "I'm obviously a little biased, but it's one of my favorite scenes of the film." famous shot of Daniel Craig as James Bond walking out of the water in Casino Royale was not meant to happen. "It was actually by accident," he said. "Where we filmed, off the Bahamas, it's just one of those places where there is a sand shelf and the sand shelf happens to be three feet deep. Because the idea was, I was supposed to swim in and sort of float off, but I swim in and stand up. And it was just one of those things." slicing open his hand in Django Unchained was accidental — DiCaprio actually sliced it, and kept going with the scene despite bleeding. It made the scene even more terrifying, and Calvin seem even more unhinged. assistant cameraperson accidentally opened the magazine in one of the last scenes of The Last Temptation of Christ, causing there to be edge fog. However, director Martin Scorsese ended up loving it, saying, "The edge fog became the resurrection." trip in "I Have Confidence" in The Sound of Music was also unscripted, but it ended up being the perfect amount of irony for the number, as well as demonstrating how poorly prepared she actually was. Almost Famous, William asking Penny to ask him to come to Morocco with her again was actually Patrick Fugit asking Kate Hudson to give him the line again because he wanted to say his line again, only more excited. However, this take — where he becomes more excited after the second time she asks the question — was so sweet that it made it to the final cut. sound of lightsabers in Star Wars was actually created through a happy accident. When trying to come up with how they'd sound, sound designer Ben Burtt walked by his TV with a tape recorder with a broken mic cable, and it picked up the sound and amplified it, creating a buzzing noise Burtt used in the film. "tears" reflected on Robert Blake's face in In Cold Blood were actually by accident — it was noticed by Conrad L. Hall, the director of photography for the film, as he was setting up the lighting of the scene using a stand-in, and he decided it was perfect for the scene. cigarette ash wasn't supposed to hit McManus in the eye in The Usual Suspects — it was an accident, and Baldwin's reaction is real. the laughing in the lineup scene wasn't supposed to happen either — it was meant to be serious. 'We were supposed to be very stoic, very unimpressed, unintimidated,' Kevin Pollak, who played Hockney, said. But 'we would lose it over and over and over.' Pollak also claimed in the DVD commentary that part of the reason they laughed was that Benicio del Toro "farted like 12 takes in a row," which created one of the most memorable scenes in the film. tender moment when Adrian hesitates to kiss Rocky actually occurred because actor Talia Shire was sick. She was anxious to kiss him because she didn't want to get him sick, but her reluctance ended up being perfect for the scene. Toothless hesitating to touch his nose to Hiccup's hand in How to Train Your Dragon was a mistake — it was caused by a software error — but it fit the moment, so it was kept in. Children of Men scene when blood splatters on the camera was a complete accident — it happened on their last chance to film the six-minute continuous scene. Director Alfonso Cuarón yelled "cut" when the blood splattered onto the camera, but the assistant director didn't hear him because an explosion went off at the same time. They continued with the shot, which the cinematographer called a "miracle." stuntman filming the scene of McClane falling down the elevator shaft in Die Hard actually lost his grip, leading to the fall being much longer and more scary than it was supposed to be. Pearl Harbor scene from Tora! Tora! Tora! featuring people running from an exploding plane that happened by accident. This wasn't supposed to happen, and the stunt people running from the flames were really running for their lives. The footage was that much more terrifying because it was real. "Shrapnel was flying everywhere," stunt person Phil Adams said, describing what it was like to film the sequence. "It was probably some of the best footage that we shot that day." Dalton accidentally looked at the camera in this Hot Fuzz scene — according to the DVD commentary, the moment was kept in and accompanied with a "ka-ching" to make it seem intentional and meta. Patrick Scott Lewis in Zodiac actually had indigestion during one scene – him holding his stomach was kept in as director David Fincher thought it made his fear seem more realistic. "I just thought, that seemed so real that somebody would actually kinda [have] a moment of indigestion when they see a guy in a black hood and a .45 automatic," Fincher said in the commentary. helicopter crash in Attack of the Killer Tomatoes was not meant to happen. It really did accidentally crash and burst into was caught on film. So, they decided they might as well use it. cat Don Corleone creepily (yet iconically) pets in The Godfather was not in the script. Director Francis Ford Coppola spotted the stray on set and handed it to Marlon Brando (who loved animals) for the scene. In fact, it almost ruined multiple takes from purring too loudly. one from The Godfather — Lenny Montana was so terrified to act alongside Marlon Brando that he tripped up on his lines in the scene where his character Luca Brasi greets Don Corleone. Coppola saw this and decided to make his anxiety a part of his character, adding in an additional scene in which Brasi practices greeting Don Corleone. This made Brasi far more layered and memorable. to the commentary for American Beauty, the remote control car hitting Carolyn was a complete accident — but it was so perfect it ended up in the film. finally, the swastika falling in Inglourious Basterds was accidental — the fire burned wayyy hotter than expected and caused it to fall.
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02-05-2025
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Today in Chicago History: 8,000 people attend opening of Field Museum
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 2, according to the Tribune's archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) High temperature: 91 degrees (1959) Low temperature: 27 degrees (1875) Precipitation: 1.32 inches (2018) Snowfall: 0.6 inches (1940) 1917: Fred Toney of the Cincinnati Reds and Jim 'Hippo' Vaughn of the Chicago Cubs both pitched hitless balls for nine innings at Weeghman Park. The Tribune called the game, 'a contest that will stand as one of the most remarkable in history.' The Reds won on two hits and a run in the 10th. Toney maintained his no-hitter. Flashback: A 'Giant' of the Negro Leagues: Founder Rube Foster sparked a revolution for elite Black ballplayers 1920: In front of more than 8,000 spectators, the Indianapolis ABCs beat the visiting Chicago American Giants in the Negro National League's inaugural game. 1921: The Field Museum opened to visitors in its current space off DuSable Lake Shore Drive after a move from the Palace of Fine Arts building in Jackson Park. Eight thousand people showed up on the first day despite 'biting wind and drizzly rain' outside. 1927: The Stevens Hotel — then the largest hotel in the world — opened on Michigan Avenue. The $30 million, 28-story towers contained 3,000 rooms, an 18-hole rooftop miniature golf course complete with sand traps and its own hospital. It was, according to its own press clippings, 'the greatest hotel of all times.' One perk? Rooms for pets: 'No longer will the society woman with a pair of wolfhounds or trained leopards be turned away because she insists on bringing her pets with her,' the Tribune reported on May 1, 1927. 'They will be cared for in luxury by trained attendants.' Famous guests have included Charles Lindbergh, Queen Elizabeth II, Elizabeth Taylor, seven U.S. presidents and dozens of other personalities. The hotel also has had starring roles in numerous films, including 'The Fugitive' and its sequel, 'U.S. Marshals,' 'My Best Friend's Wedding' and 'Home Alone II.' Several name changes and renovations later, the Hilton Chicago has about half as many rooms. 1960: 'Flying Officer' Leonard Baldy and pilot George Ferry were killed when the 'WGN trafficopter' helicopter they were riding in crashed and burst into flames on the Chicago and North Western railway right of way near Hubbard Street and Milwaukee Avenue. Four times a day, Baldy broadcast advice to drivers on the Tribune-owned station on how to avert traffic tie-ups. His $10,000 annual salary was paid to the Chicago Policemen's Benevolent Association since he couldn't receive money for his public service under Chicago police rules. Also in 1960: Evangelist Billy Graham told a group of more than 1,000 clergymen at a breakfast in the Hilton Hotel that 'it is the Lord's time for a religious revival among Chicagoans.' He cited the city's police and traffic court scandals as evidence. May 2, 1983: Chicago Mayor Harold Washington abruptly adjourned his first City Council meeting. Before he left, Washington told the group that anything that happened afterward was illegal. A white majority of 29 aldermen who opposed Washington — led by Ald. Ed Vrdolyak and supported by Ald. Edward Burke — then seized control of City Council and approved a new lineup of committee chairs and leaders. Burke was named chair of the powerful City Council Committee on Finance and retained the title until 1986. He picked it up again in 1989. Mostly left off the list were Washington's supporters — who loudly screamed and chanted in the gallery. The 'Council Wars' — pitting a weak mayoral system against a strong council — continued until 1986, when a federal judge ordered that the city's ward map be redrawn to better reflect the city's racial demographics. That gave Washington's supporters 25 of the 50 seats in the City Council, and with the mayor casting a tiebreaking vote, the stalemate was broken. Subscribe to the free Vintage Chicago Tribune newsletter, join our Chicagoland history Facebook group, stay current with Today in Chicago History and follow us on Instagram for more from Chicago's past. Have an idea for Vintage Chicago Tribune? Share it with Kori Rumore and Marianne Mather at krumore@ and mmather@
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02-05-2025
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Today in Chicago History: 8,000 people attend opening of Field Museum
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 2, according to the Tribune's archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) High temperature: 91 degrees (1959) Low temperature: 27 degrees (1875) Precipitation: 1.32 inches (2018) Snowfall: 0.6 inches (1940) 1917: Fred Toney of the Cincinnati Reds and Jim 'Hippo' Vaughn of the Chicago Cubs both pitched hitless balls for nine innings at Weeghman Park. The Tribune called the game, 'a contest that will stand as one of the most remarkable in history.' The Reds won on two hits and a run in the 10th. Toney maintained his no-hitter. 1920: In front of more than 8,000 spectators, the Indianapolis ABCs beat the visiting Chicago American Giants in the Negro National League's inaugural game. 1921: The Field Museum opened to visitors in its current space off DuSable Lake Shore Drive after a move from the Palace of Fine Arts building in Jackson Park. Eight thousand people showed up on the first day despite 'biting wind and drizzly rain' outside. 1927: The Stevens Hotel — then the largest hotel in the world — opened on Michigan Avenue. The $30 million, 28-story towers contained 3,000 rooms, an 18-hole rooftop miniature golf course complete with sand traps and its own hospital. It was, according to its own press clippings, 'the greatest hotel of all times.' One perk? Rooms for pets: 'No longer will the society woman with a pair of wolfhounds or trained leopards be turned away because she insists on bringing her pets with her,' the Tribune reported on May 1, 1927. 'They will be cared for in luxury by trained attendants.' Famous guests have included Charles Lindbergh, Queen Elizabeth II, Elizabeth Taylor, seven U.S. presidents and dozens of other personalities. The hotel also has had starring roles in numerous films, including 'The Fugitive' and its sequel, 'U.S. Marshals,' 'My Best Friend's Wedding' and 'Home Alone II.' Several name changes and renovations later, the Hilton Chicago has about half as many rooms. 1960: 'Flying Officer' Leonard Baldy and pilot George Ferry were killed when the 'WGN trafficopter' helicopter they were riding in crashed and burst into flames on the Chicago and North Western railway right of way near Hubbard Street and Milwaukee Avenue. Four times a day, Baldy broadcast advice to drivers on the Tribune-owned station on how to avert traffic tie-ups. His $10,000 annual salary was paid to the Chicago Policemen's Benevolent Association since he couldn't receive money for his public service under Chicago police rules. Also in 1960: Evangelist Billy Graham told a group of more than 1,000 clergymen at a breakfast in the Hilton Hotel that 'it is the Lord's time for a religious revival among Chicagoans.' He cited the city's police and traffic court scandals as evidence. May 2, 1983: Chicago Mayor Harold Washington abruptly adjourned his first City Council meeting. Before he left, Washington told the group that anything that happened afterward was illegal. A white majority of 29 aldermen who opposed Washington — led by Ald. Ed Vrdolyak and supported by Ald. Edward Burke — then seized control of City Council and approved a new lineup of committee chairs and leaders. Burke was named chair of the powerful City Council Committee on Finance and retained the title until 1986. He picked it up again in 1989. Mostly left off the list were Washington's supporters — who loudly screamed and chanted in the gallery. The 'Council Wars' — pitting a weak mayoral system against a strong council — continued until 1986, when a federal judge ordered that the city's ward map be redrawn to better reflect the city's racial demographics. That gave Washington's supporters 25 of the 50 seats in the City Council, and with the mayor casting a tiebreaking vote, the stalemate was broken. Want more vintage Chicago?
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28-04-2025
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37 Times People Messed Up On Movie Sets And Accidentally Created Pure Magic
1. In Knives Out, the ending shot — where Marta drinks from a cup that says "my house, my rules, my coffee" — was unplanned. Director Rian Johnson called it "kind of ... a happy accident." He said, "I knew I wanted her to like sip tea in the final shot, and I had had separately the idea of 'My house, my rules, my coffee,' as that first shot in the movie — after that first big dramatic shot of the house, breaking the tension with kind of a goofy modern joke mug." He then came up with bringing the mug back at the end, and as they were filming, he asked Ana to take a sip of tea – realizing that the words "my house" perfectly came into frame. 2. In Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Peg was supposed to smash the glass wheel — but she accidentally did it before she was supposed to. There was only one glass wheel, and director Rian Johnson was explaining how she'd only have one chance when Jessica Henwick actually dropped it and looked into the camera in terror at what she'd done. Luckily, they were already filming, and her real panic ended up being perfect: "That's the take that's in the movie," Johnson revealed. 3. In Home Alone, Kevin was supposed to move his hands from his face before his iconic scream. However, on the first take, he kept his hands on his face, and director Chris Columbus and editor Raja Gosnell thought it was hilarious and kept it in. 4. In The Hateful Eight, Kurt Russel smashed an antique 150-year-old guitar (it was supposed to be swapped out before they actually filmed the smashing), causing Jennifer Jason Leigh to shout in shock and turn towards the camera, as she knew they hadn't swapped it yet. Her panicked reaction was real, and it was kept in the film. "It ended up being great for the scene, but very sad for the guitar, and for my guitar teacher, and for me," Leigh later said. 5. Harrison Ford's character in The Fugitive had a limp because Ford actually tore a ligament in his knee early into filming and refused to get it treated. The limp ended up adding to the realism and tension. 6. Michael Caine wasn't supposed to be speechless when his character, Alfred, first sees a video of the Joker. Caine said, "I had to do this bit where Batman and I watch a video which The Joker sends to threaten us. So I'd never seen him, and then he came on the television in the first rehearsal and I completely forgot my lines. I flipped, because it was so stunning, it was quite amazing." In the final scene, Caine doesn't speak. 7. Daniel Craig's suave water bottle catch in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo happened completely by accident. According to the DVD commentary, on the sixteenth or so take of the below scene, he accidentally knocked over a water bottle and then "deftly" caught it "like Gene Kelly." Director David Fincher immediately knew he wanted it in the film, saying, "I don't know what we could hope for that would be better than that." Watch the moment in GIF form here. (Sorry it's so dark — why don't we light movies anymore???) 8. In The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Viggo Mortensen broke two toes while kicking a helmet. His scream of anguish, followed by his fall to his knees, was real. As this cry of pain matched Aragorn's emotional pain in the scene, it ended up being perfect. 9. Julia Stiles wasn't meant to start crying as she read her character's poem in 10 Things I Hate About You. She got emotional while reading it, and the tears came naturally. "[The tears] were not intentional. On some level I knew that I was supposed to be somewhat emotional, because when we did the table read I remember I just said the poem, and I could have been reciting the phone book. But [when it came to filming], I never expected that I was going to start crying. I don't know why I did, whether it connected to something going on at the time, or if I was just overwhelmed by the whole experience of making my first big movie." It ended up being one of the most memorable moments of the film. 10. In Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio flubbed a line where he was supposed to direct Winslet's character to lie on the couch during her nude scene. He instead indicated she should go "over on the bed," then corrected himself to say "the couch." The moment made his character Jack appear flustered, which was perfect for the scene. 11. Joaquin Phoenix studied wild animals in captivity for his prison cell scene in The Master. Smashing the toilet wasn't in the script; it was just a part of him going berserk. "I didn't intend to break the thing," Phoenix said."I didn't know that was possible." 12. According to a story Jane Russell recounted in Blonde Heat: The Sizzling Screen Career of Marilyn Monroe, she was not supposed to fall in the pool during 'Ain't There Anyone Here for Love?' in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. One of the dancers, Ed Fury, accidentally pushed her in with his foot. He was then fired because he tried to claim co-choreographer credit for the mistake. 13. The famous Midnight Cowboy scene where Ratso slams his hands down on a taxi that almost hits him and yells, "I'm walking here!" was the result of an accident. They didn't have the money to create a full set with extras, so they used a "stolen shot" — using a hidden camera on a real street. At one point the characters cross the street — they had rehearsed and timed the dialogue so they could cross when the signal was green. But in the first shot, a car ran the light and almost hit them. Staying in character, Ratso yelled, "I'm walking here!" United Artists They did reshoot the film with an extra driving a car to recreate the moment, which is likely the shot that ended up in the film, but it still resulted from an accident that ended up being genius. Suggested by amberm43081e2b1 14. The Rocky training scene where Rocky is thrown an orange in the Italian market happened similarly — the passerby thought he was a real runner and really did throw him an orange. Sylvester Stallone caught it and went with it. 15. According to the documentary I Am Heath Ledger, the real reason Heath Ledger licked his lips so much as the Joker in The Dark Knight was to keep his makeup from coming off. It ended up becoming a signature part of his character. 16. In 1917, Schofield wasn't supposed to fall — an extra ran into him, causing him to fall over. He got back up again and kept running. Screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns said she screamed when he fell, and that it was like "watching your team mess up a field goal at the Super Bowl." When George MacKay got up, director Sam Mendes yelled to keep filming, "and out of that came a sort of movie magic, I think, personally," Wilson-Cairns said. "I'm obviously a little biased, but it's one of my favorite scenes of the film." 17. The famous shot of Daniel Craig as James Bond walking out of the water in Casino Royale was not meant to happen. "It was actually by accident," he said."Where we filmed, off the Bahamas, it's just one of those places where there is a sand shelf and the sand shelf happens to be three feet deep. Because the idea was, I was supposed to swim in and sort of float off, but I swim in and stand up. And it was just one of those things." 18. Calvin slicing open his hand in Django Unchained was accidental — DiCaprio actually sliced it, and kept going with the scene despite bleeding. It made the scene even more terrifying, and Calvin seem even more unhinged. 19. The assistant cameraperson accidentally opened the magazine in one of the last scenes of The Last Temptation of Christ, causing there to be edge fog. However, director Martin Scorsese ended up loving it, saying, "The edge fog became the resurrection." Universal Pictures/Cineplex Odeon Films 20. Maria's trip in "I Have Confidence" in The Sound of Music was also unscripted, but it ended up being the perfect amount of irony for the number, as well as demonstrating how poorly prepared she actually was. 20th Century Fox 21. In Almost Famous, William asking Penny to ask him to come to Morocco with her again was actually Patrick Fugit asking Kate Hudson to give him the line again because he wanted to say his line again, only more excited. However, this take — where he becomes more excited after the second time she asks the question — was so sweet that it made it to the final cut. DreamWorks Distribution, LLC./Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International 22. The sound of lightsabers in Star Wars was actually created through a happy accident. When trying to come up with how they'd sound, sound designer Ben Burtt walked by his TV with a tape recorder with a broken mic cable, and it picked up the sound and amplified it, creating a buzzing noise Burtt used in the film. Lucasfilm 23. The "tears" reflected on Robert Blake's face in In Cold Blood were actually by accident — it was noticed by Conrad L. Hall, the director of photography for the film, as he was setting up the lighting of the scene using a stand-in, and he decided it was perfect for the scene. Columbia Pictures 24. The cigarette ash wasn't supposed to hit McManus in the eye in The Usual Suspects — it was an accident, and Baldwin's reaction is real. Gramercy Pictures / Spelling Films International / Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International 25. And the laughing in the lineup scene wasn't supposed to happen either — it was meant to be serious. 'We were supposed to be very stoic, very unimpressed, unintimidated,' Kevin Pollak, who played Hockney, said. But 'we would lose it over and over and over.' Pollak also claimed in the DVD commentary that part of the reason they laughed was that Benicio del Toro "farted like 12 takes in a row," which created one of the most memorable scenes in the film. Gramercy Pictures / Spelling Films International / Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International 26. The tender moment when Adrian hesitates to kiss Rocky actually occurred because actor Talia Shire was sick. She was anxious to kiss him because she didn't want to get him sick, but her reluctance ended up being perfect for the scene. United Artists 27. Similarly, Toothless hesitating to touch his nose to Hiccup's hand in How to Train Your Dragon was a mistake — it was caused by a software error — but it fit the moment, so it was kept in. Paramount Pictures 28. The Children of Men scene when blood splatters on the camera was a complete accident — it happened on their last chance to film the six-minute continuous scene. Director Alfonso Cuarón yelled "cut" when the blood splattered onto the camera, but the assistant director didn't hear him because an explosion went off at the same time. They continued with the shot, which the cinematographer called a "miracle." Universal Pictures 29. The stuntman filming the scene of McClane falling down the elevator shaft in Die Hard actually lost his grip, leading to the fall being much longer and more scary than it was supposed to be. 20th Century Fox 30. This Pearl Harbor scene from Tora! Tora! Tora! featuring people running from an exploding plane that happened by accident. This wasn't supposed to happen, and the stunt people running from the flames were really running for their lives. The footage was that much more terrifying because it was real. "Shrapnel was flying everywhere," stunt person Phil Adams said, describing what it was like to film the sequence. "It was probably some of the best footage that we shot that day." ThePropKing / YouTube / Via 31. Timothy Dalton accidentally looked at the camera in this Hot Fuzz scene — according to the DVD commentary, the moment was kept in and accompanied with a "ka-ching" to make it seem intentional and meta. Rogue Pictures/Universal Pictures/StudioCanal 32. Actor Patrick Scott Lewis in Zodiac actually had indigestion during one scene – him holding his stomach was kept in as director David Fincher thought it made his fear seem more realistic. "I just thought, that seemed so real that somebody would actually kinda [have] a moment of indigestion when they see a guy in a black hood and a .45 automatic," Fincher said in the commentary. Paramount Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures 33. The helicopter crash in Attack of the Killer Tomatoes was not meant to happen. It really did accidentally crash and burst into was caught on film. So, they decided they might as well use it. NAI Entertainment 34. The cat Don Corleone creepily (yet iconically) pets in The Godfather was not in the script. Director Francis Ford Coppola spotted the stray on set and handed it to Marlon Brando (who loved animals) for the scene. In fact, it almost ruined multiple takes from purring too loudly. Paramount Pictures 35. Another one from The Godfather — Lenny Montana was so terrified to act alongside Marlon Brando that he tripped up on his lines in the scene where his character Luca Brasi greets Don Corleone. Coppola saw this and decided to make his anxiety a part of his character, adding in an additional scene in which Brasi practices greeting Don Corleone. This made Brasi far more layered and memorable. Paramount Pictures 36. According to the commentary for American Beauty, the remote control car hitting Carolyn was a complete accident — but it was so perfect it ended up in the film. DreamWorks Pictures 37. And finally, the swastika falling in Inglourious Basterds was accidental — the fire burned wayyy hotter than expected and caused it to fall. The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures
